My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Deaths: Hitler's Body Guard-- Part 1: Rochus Misch
ROCHUS MISCH, 96
Adolf Hitler's bodyguard and last remaining witness to his last hours in that Berlin bunker. As an SS Staff Sergeant, he accompanied Hitler nearly everywhere, calling him "Boss."
After Hitler's suicide, Misch remained at the bunker he called "The Coffin of Death" for days before escaping the Soviets. Misch has no regrets or apologies for performing his job. "He was no brute. He was no monster. He was no superman."
--GreGen
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Berlin Germany,
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